Rinsing and drying device for dishes and other articles of table use



(No Model.)

M. PURVIS.

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4 No. 364,602. .7 Patented June 7., 1887.

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MARY PURVIS, OF PLAINVIEW, MINNESOTA.

, RINSING AND DRYlNG DEVICE FOR DISHES AND OTHER ARTICLES 0F TABLE USE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,602. dated June 7, 1887.

Application filed March 1, 1887.

This invention has, niainl y, for its object the drying or rinsing and drying of dishes, plates, cups and saucers, spoons, knives and forks, and other articles of table use; and it consists in a novel utensil for the purpose, substantially as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims. It is designed to be used after the dishes or other articles have been washed, and its function is more particularly that of drying the same without having resort to wiping, thus saving towels and proving a great economy in point of time and labor, besides doing the work more satisfactorily than wiping with a towel does,

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a plan of the utensil;

- Fig. 2, a vertical section of the same upon the line as a: in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 a vertical section upon the line 3 y in Fig. l.

A is a circular vessel or outer case, made of tin, of which material the other parts may also be' made, if desired. Said outer case,

which may be of any required diameter and about four inches (more or less) deep, is open at its top and formed with a shelving or dished bottom, I), having an opening, 0, in its center for the escape of water from the utensil.

' When the utensil is being used, it is stood in a pan, for which purpose the case A is provided with any number of legs, d. Within this outer case or vessel, A, is loosely slipped or fitted an open-worktray;- which rests upon where the bottom and sides of the case A meet, or upon suitable jogs at such point for the purpose.- This tray, which is of circular form, corresponding to the rim orsi'de portion of. the vessel, is composed of an outer rihi, e, and central inner rim, f, leaving an aperture, 9, in the center of the tray, and of two opposite fiat racks, B B, and two intermediate downwardly and inwardly sloping racks, C C, also onopposite sides of the inner rim, f, and inclining, so that their inner and outer ends project a little above and below the fiat racks B B, the removable tray thus constituting a compound Serial No. 229,350. (No model.)

rack, one pair of racksbeing transverse to the other pair, and all joined or connected with the inner and outer rims, cf. Said racks are mainly composed of galvanized wire of suitable strength.

Mounted on and fast to the center portion of the bottom 6 of the case A, by legs h h, which pass up through the aperture 9 in the compound rack or tray, is a tubular receptacle, D, provided with a sievelike or perforated bottom, t.

To use the utensil, it is stood by its legs d in a pan, and the dishes and plates, as or after they are washed, are stood up in the racks B B, leaning upon one another and upon or against the tubular receptacle D, while the cups and saucers are placed upon the inclined racks O O, which, by their slope, facilitate draining. The tubular receptacle D serves to hold spoons and knives and forks.

After the articles to be dried have been washed and placed in or on their respective portions or racks and tubular receptacle of the utensil, as described, hot water is poured over them, which drains or runs out through the aperture 0 into the pan in which the utensil stands, .and in a very short time the articles may be removed from the utensil thoroughly dry and cleaned much more satisfactorily than if wiped with a towel, and at an expenditure of much less time and labor.

When necessary toiclean the receptacle D or vessel A, the tray of racks B and O is lifted out and afterward replaced for subsequent use.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A drier or rinser and drier for dishes and other articles of table use, consisting of the outer case or vessel, A, having a sloping apertured bottom, I), and legs d d, the elevated central tubular receptacle, D, having a sieve-like bottom, 2', and the removable tray or compound rack, composed of two flat racks, B B, and two intermediate inclined racks, U C, in transverse relation with the flat racks, and all arranged to leave a central aperture, 9, adapted to admit of the tray being passed over the elevated receptacle D, substantially as shown and described.

- MARY. PURVIS. Witnesses:

MIssoURr A. PURvIs, WILLIAM LAWTON. 

